WZBD (92.7 FM) is a

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broadcasting an

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format. It is licensed to

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, United States. The station is currently owned by Adams County Radio, Inc and features programming from

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Programming

WZBD broadcasts a full-service

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music format to

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. In addition to its usual music programming, the station carries local and regional sporting events. WZBD also hosts radio auctions. They have two auction seasons: one in the winter which lasts from mid-January through March and a short season which lasts from mid-September through October.

History

This station received its original construction permit from the

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on November 25,

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. The new station was assigned the WZBD

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by the FCC on January 17, 1992. WZBD began broadcasting under program test authority on August 27, 1993. After one extension for time, WZBD received its license to cover from the FCC on December 7, 1993. In January 1999, licensee Robert Alan Weaver filed an application to transfer the

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for WZBD to Adams County Radio, Inc. The transfer was approved by the FCC on March 11, 1999, and the transaction was consummated on April 1, 1999.

References

External links

WZBD official website
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